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Eva Luna
- £25.00
- The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover. Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener Ð born poor, orphaned…
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Evangelical Anxiety: a memoir
- £11.00
- In this riveting spiritual memoir, the writer, scholar, and commentator tells the story of his struggles with mental illness, explores the void between the Christian faith and scientific treatment, and forges a path toward reconciling these divergent worlds. For years, Charles Marsh suffered panic attacks and debilitating anxiety. As an…
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Evelyn Waugh (2 vols): The Early Years 1903-1939; No Abiding City 1939-1966
- £100.00
- Martin Stannard's acclaimed 2-part biography of Evelyn Waugh. The fullest account of the author yet published, rejecting the stereotyped image of Waugh and revealing a more complex and serious artist behind the malicious clowning.
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Evelyn! Rhapsody for an obsessive love
- £16.00
- This unconventional biography runs through Evelyn Waugh's life to show how painful and embarrassing events fed into his novels, notably his love for the woman who shared his Christian name: Evelyn Gardner, or "She-Evelyn". In prose that echoes its subjectÛs irreverent wit, Duncan McLaren brings in his own experiences, from…
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Evolution, fact and theory
- £50.00
- One of several works aimed at popularizing the scientific discoveries of Charles Darwin, written with with his son G. P. Wells and evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (brother of Aldous and grandson of Darwin's bulldog Thomas Huxley).
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Excursions in the Real World
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- Autobiographical essays, about people and places, personal enthusiasms and fascinations, that have remained snagged in William Trevor's memory over the years. He writes of childhood, school and university, early days in Dublin, writing in London. The New Yorker called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in…
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Excursus in Autumn
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- The follow up to John Smith's previous volume, The Birth Of Venus
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Existentialism and Humanism
- £50.00
- Over the past 70 years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism. His concern, however, was to relate his theory to…
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Faade: an Entertainment (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- Faade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell, best known as part of Faade Ð An Entertainment in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish some of the Faade poems in…
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Facades and Faces
- £15.00
- Lancaster journeys through parts of Europe and the Levant, as well as New York with his brilliant observations in the first half of the book; in the second half, he returns to the life of Maudie Littlehampton of Drayneflete
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Facades and Faces
- £15.00
- Lancaster journeys through parts of Europe and the Levant, as well as New York with his brilliant observations in the first half of the book; in the second half, he returns to the life of Maudie Littlehampton of Drayneflete
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Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems
- £75.00
- Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems is a collection of Japanese poetry by master poet, Hagiwara Sakutaro. Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942) is generally recognized in Japan as the best poet to have emerged since contact was re-established with the outside world. His work represents the astonishing achievement…
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Faces in my Time (Vol 3 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £25.00
- The third volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1934-1951
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Faces in my Time (Vol 3 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £8.00
- The third volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1934-1951
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Faces of Christ: Jesus in Art
- £10.00
- Jesus is one of the most often portrayed figures of all time. But what do all of his faces - in art from different ages and around the world - tell us about him? In this beautiful book images of Jesus are used to explore his life and legacy, including…
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Eva Luna
- £25.00
- The remarkable novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover. Meet the unforgettable Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener Ð born poor, orphaned…
- Add to basket
-
Evangelical Anxiety: a memoir
- £11.00
- In this riveting spiritual memoir, the writer, scholar, and commentator tells the story of his struggles with mental illness, explores the void between the Christian faith and scientific treatment, and forges a path toward reconciling these divergent worlds. For years, Charles Marsh suffered panic attacks and debilitating anxiety. As an…
- Add to basket
-
Evelyn Waugh (2 vols): The Early Years 1903-1939; No Abiding City 1939-1966
- £100.00
- Martin Stannard's acclaimed 2-part biography of Evelyn Waugh. The fullest account of the author yet published, rejecting the stereotyped image of Waugh and revealing a more complex and serious artist behind the malicious clowning.
- Add to basket
-
Evelyn! Rhapsody for an obsessive love
- £16.00
- This unconventional biography runs through Evelyn Waugh's life to show how painful and embarrassing events fed into his novels, notably his love for the woman who shared his Christian name: Evelyn Gardner, or "She-Evelyn". In prose that echoes its subjectÛs irreverent wit, Duncan McLaren brings in his own experiences, from…
- Add to basket
-
Evolution, fact and theory
- £50.00
- One of several works aimed at popularizing the scientific discoveries of Charles Darwin, written with with his son G. P. Wells and evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley (brother of Aldous and grandson of Darwin's bulldog Thomas Huxley).
- Add to basket
-
Excursions in the Real World
- £15.00
- Autobiographical essays, about people and places, personal enthusiasms and fascinations, that have remained snagged in William Trevor's memory over the years. He writes of childhood, school and university, early days in Dublin, writing in London. The New Yorker called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in…
- Add to basket
-
Excursus in Autumn
- £15.00
- The follow up to John Smith's previous volume, The Birth Of Venus
- Add to basket
-
Existentialism and Humanism
- £50.00
- Over the past 70 years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism. His concern, however, was to relate his theory to…
- Add to basket
-
Faade: an Entertainment (SIGNED)
- £500.00
- Faade is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell, best known as part of Faade Ð An Entertainment in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish some of the Faade poems in…
- Add to basket
-
Facades and Faces
- £15.00
- Lancaster journeys through parts of Europe and the Levant, as well as New York with his brilliant observations in the first half of the book; in the second half, he returns to the life of Maudie Littlehampton of Drayneflete
- Add to basket
-
Facades and Faces
- £15.00
- Lancaster journeys through parts of Europe and the Levant, as well as New York with his brilliant observations in the first half of the book; in the second half, he returns to the life of Maudie Littlehampton of Drayneflete
- Add to basket
-
Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems
- £75.00
- Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems is a collection of Japanese poetry by master poet, Hagiwara Sakutaro. Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942) is generally recognized in Japan as the best poet to have emerged since contact was re-established with the outside world. His work represents the astonishing achievement…
- Add to basket
-
Faces in my Time (Vol 3 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £25.00
- The third volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1934-1951
- Add to basket
-
Faces in my Time (Vol 3 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £8.00
- The third volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1934-1951
- Add to basket
-
Faces of Christ: Jesus in Art
- £10.00
- Jesus is one of the most often portrayed figures of all time. But what do all of his faces - in art from different ages and around the world - tell us about him? In this beautiful book images of Jesus are used to explore his life and legacy, including…
- Add to basket
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